Veterinary Medicine

Dog Killer Pleads “No Contest”

The Year of the Ox -- a Castrated Bull -- Is the Economic Metaphor for Our Times

You lost your 401(k)? I lost something more! Unlike so many kids who grew up in the city, I never thought vegetables actually grew in the supermarket -- my mother informed me they germinated beneath the fingernails of children who didn't wash properly. And yet, it wasn't until we slipped into the Ye ... More >>

Good Boy!

You lost your 401(k)? I lost something more! Unlike so many kids who grew up in the city, I never thought vegetables actually grew in the supermarket -- my mother informed me they germinated beneath the fingernails of children who didn't wash properly. And yet, it wasn't until we slipped into the Ye ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

You lost your 401(k)? I lost something more! Unlike so many kids who grew up in the city, I never thought vegetables actually grew in the supermarket -- my mother informed me they germinated beneath the fingernails of children who didn't wash properly. And yet, it wasn't until we slipped into the Ye ... More >>

A Time to Kill

The SPCA is struggling to finance a new hospital, and one way to save money is to speed up euthanasia.

Psycho Dogs

What makes canines go crazy? The answer is in their genes.

Conundrum

At the same time hundreds of dead gray whales were washing up on beaches, their birthrate was plunging. Theories abound, but little hard data has been gathered to solve this environmental puzzle.

Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!

Animal experts say premium pet food makes domestic animals more violent

Best Holistic Veterinarian

Irving Street Veterinary Hospital

Dog Bites

Irving Street Veterinary Hospital

Europe and S.F. vie for the affections of Mr. Kitty

Irving Street Veterinary Hospital

Pet-Friendly Cities List Snubs San Francisco

​San Francisco manages to land on ever so many Top-10 lists; if ever a Top-10 list was assembled of cities that crack the most Top-10 lists, it's a good bet we'd make the Top-10. Now a website called Livability.com has sent along yet another list -- the Top 10 Pet-Friendly Cities. Astoundingly, th ... More >>

Marijuana Use Is on the Rise ... Among Dogs and Cats

animalcentral.netLook at his eyes ... he's baked!​Like their humans, animals are known to consume marijuana. In fact, many have long known that pot producers in the northern counties deer-proof their marijuana plants, else docile does and bucks will chew on the buds and leaves. This author once kn ... More >>